Merge #9070: Lockedpool fixes

b3ddc5e LockedPool: avoid quadratic-time allocation (Kaz Wesley)
0b59f80 LockedPool: fix explosion for illegal-sized alloc (Kaz Wesley)
21b8f3d LockedPool: test handling of invalid allocations (Kaz Wesley)

src/support/lockedpool.cpp

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h> // for sysconf
 #endif
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 LockedPoolManager* LockedPoolManager::_instance = NULL;
 std::once_flag LockedPoolManager::init_flag;
 
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ Arena::Arena(void *base_in, size_t size_in, size_t alignment_in):
     base(static_cast<char*>(base_in)), end(static_cast<char*>(base_in) + size_in), alignment(alignment_in)
 {
     // Start with one free chunk that covers the entire arena
-    chunks.emplace(base, Chunk(size_in, false));
+    chunks_free.emplace(base, size_in);
 }
 
 Arena::~Arena()
@@ -57,24 +59,30 @@ void* Arena::alloc(size_t size)
     // Round to next multiple of alignment
     size = align_up(size, alignment);
 
-    // Don't handle zero-sized chunks, or those bigger than MAX_SIZE
+    // Don't handle zero-sized chunks
-    if (size == 0 || size >= Chunk::MAX_SIZE) {
+    if (size == 0)
         return nullptr;
-    }
 
-    for (auto& chunk: chunks) {
+    // Pick a large enough free-chunk
-        if (!chunk.second.isInUse() && size <= chunk.second.getSize()) {
+    auto it = std::find_if(chunks_free.begin(), chunks_free.end(),
-            char* _base = chunk.first;
+        [=](const std::map<char*, size_t>::value_type& chunk){ return chunk.second >= size; });
-            size_t leftover = chunk.second.getSize() - size;
+    if (it == chunks_free.end())
-            if (leftover > 0) { // Split chunk
+        return nullptr;
-                chunks.emplace(_base + size, Chunk(leftover, false));
+
-                chunk.second.setSize(size);
+    // Create the used-chunk, taking its space from the end of the free-chunk
-            }
+    auto alloced = chunks_used.emplace(it->first + it->second - size, size).first;
-            chunk.second.setInUse(true);
+    if (!(it->second -= size))
-            return reinterpret_cast<void*>(_base);
+        chunks_free.erase(it);
-        }
+    return reinterpret_cast<void*>(alloced->first);
+}
+
+/* extend the Iterator if other begins at its end */
+template <class Iterator, class Pair> bool extend(Iterator it, const Pair& other) {
+    if (it->first + it->second == other.first) {
+        it->second += other.second;
+        return true;
     }
-    return nullptr;
+    return false;
 }
 
 void Arena::free(void *ptr)
@@ -83,65 +91,49 @@ void Arena::free(void *ptr)
     if (ptr == nullptr) {
         return;
     }
-    auto i = chunks.find(static_cast<char*>(ptr));
+
-    if (i == chunks.end() || !i->second.isInUse()) {
+    // Remove chunk from used map
+    auto i = chunks_used.find(static_cast<char*>(ptr));
+    if (i == chunks_used.end()) {
         throw std::runtime_error("Arena: invalid or double free");
     }
+    auto freed = *i;
+    chunks_used.erase(i);
 
-    i->second.setInUse(false);
+    // Add space to free map, coalescing contiguous chunks
-
+    auto next = chunks_free.upper_bound(freed.first);
-    if (i != chunks.begin()) { // Absorb into previous chunk if exists and free
+    auto prev = (next == chunks_free.begin()) ? chunks_free.end() : std::prev(next);
-        auto prev = i;
+    if (prev == chunks_free.end() || !extend(prev, freed))
-        --prev;
+        prev = chunks_free.emplace_hint(next, freed);
-        if (!prev->second.isInUse()) {
+    if (next != chunks_free.end() && extend(prev, *next))
-            // Absorb current chunk size into previous chunk.
+        chunks_free.erase(next);
-            prev->second.setSize(prev->second.getSize() + i->second.getSize());
-            // Erase current chunk. Erasing does not invalidate current
-            // iterators for a map, except for that pointing to the object
-            // itself, which will be overwritten in the next statement.
-            chunks.erase(i);
-            // From here on, the previous chunk is our current chunk.
-            i = prev;
-        }
-    }
-    auto next = i;
-    ++next;
-    if (next != chunks.end()) { // Absorb next chunk if exists and free
-        if (!next->second.isInUse()) {
-            // Absurb next chunk size into current chunk
-            i->second.setSize(i->second.getSize() + next->second.getSize());
-            // Erase next chunk.
-            chunks.erase(next);
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 Arena::Stats Arena::stats() const
 {
-    Arena::Stats r;
+    Arena::Stats r{ 0, 0, 0, chunks_used.size(), chunks_free.size() };
-    r.used = r.free = r.total = r.chunks_used = r.chunks_free = 0;
+    for (const auto& chunk: chunks_used)
-    for (const auto& chunk: chunks) {
+        r.used += chunk.second;
-        if (chunk.second.isInUse()) {
+    for (const auto& chunk: chunks_free)
-            r.used += chunk.second.getSize();
+        r.free += chunk.second;
-            r.chunks_used += 1;
+    r.total = r.used + r.free;
-        } else {
-            r.free += chunk.second.getSize();
-            r.chunks_free += 1;
-        }
-        r.total += chunk.second.getSize();
-    }
     return r;
 }
 
 #ifdef ARENA_DEBUG
+void printchunk(char* base, size_t sz, bool used) {
+    std::cout <<
+        "0x" << std::hex << std::setw(16) << std::setfill('0') << base <<
+        " 0x" << std::hex << std::setw(16) << std::setfill('0') << sz <<
+        " 0x" << used << std::endl;
+}
 void Arena::walk() const
 {
-    for (const auto& chunk: chunks) {
+    for (const auto& chunk: chunks_used)
-        std::cout <<
+        printchunk(chunk.first, chunk.second, true);
-            "0x" << std::hex << std::setw(16) << std::setfill('0') << chunk.first <<
+    std::cout << std::endl;
-            " 0x" << std::hex << std::setw(16) << std::setfill('0') << chunk.second.getSize() <<
+    for (const auto& chunk: chunks_free)
-            " 0x" << chunk.second.isInUse() << std::endl;
+        printchunk(chunk.first, chunk.second, false);
-    }
     std::cout << std::endl;
 }
 #endif
@@ -276,6 +268,11 @@ LockedPool::~LockedPool()
 void* LockedPool::alloc(size_t size)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
+
+    // Don't handle impossible sizes
+    if (size == 0 || size > ARENA_SIZE)
+        return nullptr;
+
     // Try allocating from each current arena
     for (auto &arena: arenas) {
         void *addr = arena.alloc(size);
@@ -307,9 +304,7 @@ void LockedPool::free(void *ptr)
 LockedPool::Stats LockedPool::stats() const
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
-    LockedPool::Stats r;
+    LockedPool::Stats r{0, 0, 0, cumulative_bytes_locked, 0, 0};
-    r.used = r.free = r.total = r.chunks_used = r.chunks_free = 0;
-    r.locked = cumulative_bytes_locked;
     for (const auto &arena: arenas) {
         Arena::Stats i = arena.stats();
         r.used += i.used;

src/support/lockedpool.h

@@ -50,27 +50,6 @@ public:
     Arena(void *base, size_t size, size_t alignment);
     virtual ~Arena();
 
-    /** A chunk of memory.
-     */
-    struct Chunk
-    {
-        /** Most significant bit of size_t. This is used to mark
-         * in-usedness of chunk.
-         */
-        const static size_t SIZE_MSB = 1LLU << ((sizeof(size_t)*8)-1);
-        /** Maximum size of a chunk */
-        const static size_t MAX_SIZE = SIZE_MSB - 1;
-
-        Chunk(size_t size_in, bool used_in):
-            size(size_in | (used_in ? SIZE_MSB : 0)) {}
-
-        bool isInUse() const { return size & SIZE_MSB; }
-        void setInUse(bool used_in) { size = (size & ~SIZE_MSB) | (used_in ? SIZE_MSB : 0); }
-        size_t getSize() const { return size & ~SIZE_MSB; }
-        void setSize(size_t size_in) { size = (size & SIZE_MSB) | size_in; }
-    private:
-        size_t size;
-    };
     /** Memory statistics. */
     struct Stats
     {
@@ -112,7 +91,8 @@ private:
     /** Map of chunk address to chunk information. This class makes use of the
      * sorted order to merge previous and next chunks during deallocation.
      */
-    std::map<char*, Chunk> chunks;
+    std::map<char*, size_t> chunks_free;
+    std::map<char*, size_t> chunks_used;
     /** Base address of arena */
     char* base;
     /** End address of arena */

src/test/allocator_tests.cpp

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(arena_tests)
     }
 
     void *a0 = b.alloc(128);
-    BOOST_CHECK(a0 == synth_base); // first allocation must start at beginning
     void *a1 = b.alloc(256);
     void *a2 = b.alloc(512);
     BOOST_CHECK(b.stats().used == 896);
@@ -63,8 +62,10 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(arena_tests)
     BOOST_CHECK(b.stats().used == 128);
     b.free(a3);
     BOOST_CHECK(b.stats().used == 0);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(b.stats().chunks_used, 0);
     BOOST_CHECK(b.stats().total == synth_size);
     BOOST_CHECK(b.stats().free == synth_size);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(b.stats().chunks_free, 1);
 
     std::vector<void*> addr;
     BOOST_CHECK(b.alloc(0) == nullptr); // allocating 0 always returns nullptr
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(arena_tests)
     // Sweeping allocate all memory
     for (int x=0; x<1024; ++x)
         addr.push_back(b.alloc(1024));
-    BOOST_CHECK(addr[0] == synth_base); // first allocation must start at beginning
     BOOST_CHECK(b.stats().free == 0);
     BOOST_CHECK(b.alloc(1024) == nullptr); // memory is full, this must return nullptr
     BOOST_CHECK(b.alloc(0) == nullptr);
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(lockedpool_tests_mock)
     BOOST_CHECK(pool.stats().total == 0);
     BOOST_CHECK(pool.stats().locked == 0);
 
+    // Ensure unreasonable requests are refused without allocating anything
+    void *invalid_toosmall = pool.alloc(0);
+    BOOST_CHECK(invalid_toosmall == nullptr);
+    BOOST_CHECK(pool.stats().used == 0);
+    BOOST_CHECK(pool.stats().free == 0);
+    void *invalid_toobig = pool.alloc(LockedPool::ARENA_SIZE+1);
+    BOOST_CHECK(invalid_toobig == nullptr);
+    BOOST_CHECK(pool.stats().used == 0);
+    BOOST_CHECK(pool.stats().free == 0);
+
     void *a0 = pool.alloc(LockedPool::ARENA_SIZE / 2);
     BOOST_CHECK(a0);
     BOOST_CHECK(pool.stats().locked == LockedPool::ARENA_SIZE);